Thales 150 W C-Band radiation cooled Travelling Wave Tube

Author

Durr, W. ; Durr, C. ; Ehret, P. ; Bosch, E.

Author_Institution

Thales Electron. Syst. GmbH, Ulm, Germany

fYear

2015

fDate

27-29 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Thales has a long heritage in high power C-Band Travelling Wave Tubes for space application. This paper described a new generation of C-Band TWT designed for a broadband application in space: higher output power and wider instantaneous bandwidth a new developed high power gun has improved the beam focus ability and the laminar beam behaviour with a well optimized helix and collector design delivering a wide broadband flexibility. The RF output of the TWT is design to handle 6 dB multipaction margin to fulfil the ESA requirements.

Keywords

aerospace engineering; broadband networks; electron guns; microwave tubes; space vehicle electronics; travelling wave tubes; C-band TWT; C-band radiation cooled travelling wave tube; ESA requirements; Thales; beam focus ability; broadband application; broadband flexibility; collector design; helix; high power C-band travelling wave tubes; high power gun; laminar beam behaviour; space application; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Conferences; Electron tubes; Payloads; C-band; CC; High power; RC; TWT; Travelling Wave Tube; multipaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7109-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223814

Filename

7223814